Chapter 18 · Moksha Sannyasa Yoga - The Yoga of Liberation through RenunciationKrishna
Verse 17
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 18, श्लोक 17
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
यस्य नाहङ्कृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।
हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते॥
Transliteration
Yasya na-ahankrito bhavo buddhir-yasya na lipyate
Hatva-api sa imal-lokan na hanti na nibadhyate
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
यस्यyasyawhose
न अहङ्कृतःna ahankritahnot egoistic
भावःbhavahnature
बुद्धिःbuddhihintellect
न लिप्यतेna lipyateis not tainted
हत्वा अपिhatva apieven having killed
सःsahhe
इमान् लोकान्iman lokanthese people
न हन्तिna hantidoes not kill
न निबध्यतेna nibadhyateis not bound
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
जिसका भाव अहंकारयुक्त नहीं है, जिसकी बुद्धि लिप्त नहीं होती — वह इन सब लोकों को मारकर भी न मारता है और न बँधता है।
English Translation
One whose nature is free from ego and whose intellect is not tainted — even though slaying these people, that person neither kills nor is bound.
Commentary (टीका)
This verse directly addresses Arjuna's warrior dilemma. When action springs from an ego-free state with untainted intellect, even the act of killing in battle creates no karmic bondage. The verse does not glorify violence but reveals that consciousness, not external action, determines spiritual consequence.